Sumner, William Graham, 1840-1910
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1840 - 1910
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
American Social Science Association Records
Collection
Call Number: MS 1603
Overview:
The records include organizational papers, minutes, correspondence, financial records, and committee files which document the founding of the American Social Science Association in 1865 and its functioning over the next twenty-five years. The records highlight the work of Franklin Benjamin Sanborn as secretary of the association. The records also include files of the Conference of Charities and Corrections which met with the American Social Science Association.
Dates:
1863-1906, bulk 1865-1887
Dana family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 164
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, writings, printed material, lectures, notebooks, and miscellanea documenting the personal lives and professional careers of members of the Dana family. James Dwight Dana, a prominent American scientist, and his son, Edward Salisbury Dana are two primary figures in the papers.
Dates:
1805-1961
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Dana family papers
Maurice Rea Davie Papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1359
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence of Maurice Rea Davie, primarily with Albert G. Keller, writings, subject files, and photographs.
Dates:
1914-1975
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Maurice Rea Davie Papers
Farnam family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 203
Overview:
Correspondence, diaries, letterbooks, financial papers, writings, scrapbooks, and memorabilia of the Farnam family of New Haven, Connecticut, 1721-1929. The papers of Henry Farnam (1803-1883), and two of his sons, Henry Walcott Farnam (1853-1933) and William Whitman Farnam (1844-1929) form this collection. The papers of Henry Farnam include personal and professional correspondence concerning his family, life in New Haven, and the building of several canals and railroads in Connecticut and the...
Dates:
1721-1941
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Farnam family papers
Irving Fisher papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 212
Summary:
The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, writings, teaching files, and memorabilia documenting the professional career and personal life of Irving Fisher, a mathematician, political economist, author, inventor, and activist in social causes. The materials reflect Fisher's interests in economics, the League of Nations, monetary theory and policy, national politics, health reform, prohibition, nutrition, and other topics. Major correspondents include politicians, economists, members of the...
Dates:
1861-1976, bulk 1894-1947
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Irving Fisher papers
Albert Galloway Keller papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 768
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, writings, student and teaching files, and miscellanea documenting the personal life and professional career of Albert G. Keller, a sociologist, author, and student and colleague of William Graham Sumner. Keller frequently corresponded with individuals on the subject of Sumner, and Yale University figures such as Arthur T. Hadley, James Rowland Angell, and Charles Seymour often felt Keller's displeasure over the University's treatment of the Sumner legacy....
Dates:
1888-1956
Edward Hussey Knight papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 852
Overview:
Miscellaneous papers of E. H. Knight, mostly relating to his year at Yale College, 1897-1898. Included are nine notebooks with his notes on the lectures of William Lyon Phelps, Oliver H. Richardson, William Graham Sumner and A. M. Wheeler. In addition there is a history paper by Albert R. Palmer (Y.1901), correspondence relating to Knight's admission to Yale, two family letters, college memorabilia and a genealogy.
Dates:
1896-1943, bulk 1896-1899
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Edward Hussey Knight papers
Anson Phelps Stokes family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 299
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, writings, subject files, memorabilia, photographs, financial records, and other papers detailing the professional career and personal life of Anson Phelps Stokes and family members, including Olivia, Caroline and Helen Stokes. Papers relating to Anson Phelps Stokes document his work with prominent educators, reformers, religious leaders, businessmen, and politicians. Stokes's work on behalf of black education, social issues, and the Phelps-Stokes Fund are...
Dates:
1761-1960, bulk 1892-1958
William Graham Sumner papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 291
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, writings, notes and research materials, clippings, memorabilia, photographs and financial records of William Graham Sumner, a sociologist, professor at Yale University, and advocate of free trade and the gold standard. The correspondence (over 13,000 items) documents many of Sumner's interests including the Yale College curriculum and economic and political issues. It also includes substantive accounts from friends in the South about Reconstruction, the...
Dates:
1863-1946
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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William Graham Sumner papers
John Ferguson Weir papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 550
Overview:
Correspondence, addresses and writings, papers relating to the Yale School of the Fine Arts, and other papers of John F. Weir, artist, painter and first director of the Yale School of the Fine Arts, serving from 1869-1913. Correspondents include many persons prominent in the art world between 1870 and 1920. There is also much material on the origins and development of art education in this country and at Yale.
Dates:
1838-1957, bulk 1861-1928
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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John Ferguson Weir papers
William Dwight Whitney family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 555
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, journals and diaries, writings, legal and financial papers, and miscellanea of the William Dwight Whitney family, including William Dwight Whitney (1827-1894), his wife Elizabeth Wooster Baldwin Whitney (1824-1912), his brother Josiah Dwight Whitney (1819-1896), and his father Josiah Dwight Whitney (1786-1869). William Dwight Whitney material includes several hundred letters with his wife, journals and diaries (1843-1893), and a small quanity of...
Dates:
1778-1951, bulk 1814-1912